Jan. 15, 2003

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Los Angles, Calif. - Season and single game tickets for Loyola Marymount baseball are now on sale. The Lions will begin their 2003 season with its annual Alumni Game, this Sunday, January 19th at 2 p.m.

The Lions will play Washington to open its 30-game regular-season home schedule on Feb. 14 with a three-game series with the Huskies, who finished third in the Pac 10 Conference last season.

On Feb. 18, the Lions will host Cal State Northridge, the defending Big West Conference champions, before concluding February and opening March with a three-game series with San Jose State. The Spartans placed second last season in the WAC, posting a 45-17 record.

The Lions will host cross-town rival UCLA on March 4, before welcoming the Gauchos of UC Santa Barbara from March 7-9.

LMU will return to Page Stadium to take on the seventh-ranked Titans of Cal State Fullerton on March 19. The Lions will open their conference home schedule with San Francisco, March 21-23. After a midweek game with UC Riverside, LMU will host West Division rival and defending league champs San Diego, March 28-30.

On April 15, LMU will host No. 3 USC, the two-time defending Pac 10 champions, before a Thursday home date with Gonzaga. The Lions will conclude its series with the Bulldogs with a Saturday double-header. LMU will welcome No. 13 Long Beach State on April 22. Twenty of LMU's 56 games (36 percent) this season are against regional participants from a year ago.

LMU will wrap up the season with back-to-back home series with San Francisco (May 9-11) and Portland (May 16-18).

The Lions are the preseason favorite to win the West Division of the West Coast Conference by numerous publications and the WCC Baseball Coaches Preseason Poll, after placing third last season. The Lions have won the league on six occasions, including three times in the last five years. LMU returns seven of its nine starters from a year ago, including first-team All-WCC tandem Sean Smith (second base) and Billy Lockin (shortstop). The Lions also return 10 pitchers from last year's staff including aces Josh Muecke, Vince Cordova and Justin Abreu.

2003 Baseball Schedule